Well, it's been almost three weeks since our little Juniper berry came into the world, and I have to say that this time seems to have blended into one, incredibly long, long, day. It's been filled with lots of loving family and friends, who always seem to be floating into our house like ghosts, bringing groceries and delicious meals, and doing incredibly nice things like washing our dishes. How is it, that I never knew how much appreciated these things are to new parents? Well, now I know. And you can bet your burritos that I'll be passing on these kindnesses in the future....

Backing up a bit, I just have to mention that Juniper's birth was truly amazing. I know most people who have ever had a baby or witnessed a birth feel that way, but it was a huge moment in our lives that I don't want to pass by without mentioning here.

I won't go into crazy detail, but all in all, it went incredibly well. I chalk most of that up to luck and good timing, but partly to the Hypnobabies program that I used for about three months to help me mentally prepare for the big day. Hypnobabies is a hypnosis program that I love and would recommend to anyone, even though I lovingly called it hypnotoad the whole time I was using it (as in, all glory to the hypnotoad..) But it truly had some extremely positive results in my case. 

And then there was Juniper, all black hair and healthy rosy skin, crying so loudly and healthily.

So. Yeah. A pretty awesome day. 

When Gabe and I got home from the hospital, our house was like a time capsule..just as we'd left it in the middle of the baby birthing flury. There were millions of wet towels all over the floor, a bagel was still in the toaster, one of my hypnobabies cd's still in the cd player. Craziness!

And here we are, in a new kind of craziness. Baby love, and a sleepless haze, soaking in every minute...